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The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Thursday, Nov. 8
Pro basketball, Dallas at Golden State (9:30 p.m., TNT): Former Lanier star Monta Ellis and the Warriors take on the Mavericks, the team they humiliated last season in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Friday, Nov. 9
High school football, Jackson Academy at Jackson Prep in MPSA AAA-I playoffs (7 p.m., Flowood, 930 AM/1240 AM): The Raiders and Patriots meet again to decide who goes to the state championship game.

Saturday, Nov. 10
College football, Alabama at Mississippi State (11:30 a.m., Starkville, Ch. 12/105.9 FM): Mike Shula got fired as Alabama coach after losing to MSU in 2006. Can the Bulldogs do the same for Tide coach Nick Satan, uh, Saban? … Memphis at Southern Miss (3:30 p.m., Hattiesburg, CSS/1180 AM/103.3 FM): The Eagles should handle the Tigers easily, but how many times have we been wrong about the jaundiced Buzzards this season? Maybe they need to break out the ugly-ass all-black uniforms.

Sunday, Nov. 11
Pro football, St. Louis at New Orleans (noon, Ch. 12/620 AM): The Saints are still in the playoff hunt because the NFC is full of god awful teams like the Rams.

Monday, Nov. 12
Men's college basketball, Belhaven at Southern Miss (7 p.m., Hattiesburg): The Blazers join the Golden Eagles' long list of lightweight non-CUSA opponents.

Tuesday, Nov. 13
Women's college basketball, Chattanooga at Tennessee (6 p.m., SportSouth): The Lady Vols, the defending NCAA champions, face an intrastate rival.

Wednesday, Nov. 14
Men's college basketball, Crichton at Tougaloo (7 p.m., Jackson): Can the Bulldogs contain the Comets?

The Slate is compiled by Doctor S, who's online almost as much as the Wichita lineman.

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118426
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How. 'Bout. Them. Dawgs. !!

Author
millhouse
Date
2007-11-10T18:30:01-06:00

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